The End of Certainty
time, chaos and the new laws of nature
$67.34
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
17 August 1997
Summary
Time, the fundamental dimension of our existence, has fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists of every culture and every century. All of us can remember a moment as a child when time became a personal reality, when we realized what a "year" was, or asked ourselves when "now" happened. Common sense says time moves forward, never backward, from cradle to grave. Nevertheless, Einstein said that time is an illusion. Nature‘s laws, as he and Newton defi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684837055 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0684837056 |
| Author: | Ilya Prigogine |
| Publisher: | Free Press |
| Imprint: | The Free Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 17 August 1997 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 146mm x 227mm |
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Oliver Sacks “Prigogine is a pioneer of chaos and self-organization theory, and his vision is as revolutionary and fundamental as Darwin’s. With a fascinating blend of the conceptual, historical, and personal, he gives us a rare and privileged glimpse into one of the most adventurous scientific imaginations of our time.”
About The Author
Ilya Prigogine
Prigogine received the 1977 Nobel Prize for chemistry for his contributions to nonequilibrium thermo-dynamics. He holds a PhD from the University of Brussels, where he is Director of the Solvay Institutes of Physics and Chemistry. He is also Director of the Center for Statistical Mechanics and thermo-dynamics at The University of Austin, Texas.
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